Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning · Amputations
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Kraft Heinz Foods Company, 1250 W North St, DOVER, DELAWARE 19904
on — Amputations, affecting the fingertip(s).
Final narrative
An employee was using an industrial size dust collector (vacuum) to clear out a packaging machine. The employee's hand became caught in a turning valve roll in the packaging machine, resulting in the amputation of the right index and middle fingertips. The machine was running at the time of the incident.
An employee was operating a blender and feeding ingredients. He opened the door to clear the ingredients off the blade and his right hand contacted the blade resulting in a hand fracture and amputations to four fingertips.
An employee was descending a rolling staircase. The employee fell from the staircase to the floor below, suffering a broken right knee. The employee was hospitalized for treatment and surgery.
An employee was removing ketchup from a fixed pusher bar. The employee's fingernail was caught in the conveyor; the fingernail was removed, the fingertip was amputated, and the distal phalanx was fractured.
While pushing a wheel caster with a cart, an employee ran into another piece of equipment. This created a pinch point between the employee's hand and the equipment, resulting in a left fifth fingertip amputation.
Two employees were repairing the hydraulic engagement pins on a rented front-end wheel loader. The machine controls were activated to move the attachment pins and an employee's finger was caught between the pins and the bushings. Their right index finger was partially amputated.
An employee was cleaning the conveyor on a piece of equipment when they slipped and their right hand was pulled into the chain sprocket. The employee's fifth fingertip was amputated.
An employee was throwing blankets onto a blanket folding and stacking machine. A blanket got stuck in the machine and she attempted to remove it when the machine contacted her right little finger, resulting in a fingertip amputation.
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